ὁπλιτικός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> of or for a [[man-at-arms]], μάχη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>374d</span>; αἱ ὁ. τάξεις <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.16</span>; [[ὅπλα]] ib.<span class="bibl">4.2.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> ἡ [[ὁπλιτική]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὁπλιτικὴ τέχνη]]) the [[art of using heavy arms]], the [[soldier's art]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>333d</span>; so τὸ ὁπλιτικόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">La.</span>182d</span>; also [[τὰ ὁπλιτικὰ ἐπιτηδεύειν]] = [[profess the art of arms]], ib.<span class="bibl">183c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of persons, [[heavy-armed]], [[τὸ ὁπλιτικόν]] = [[the soldiery]], = [[οἱ ὁπλῖται]], opp. [[τὸ ἄνοπλον]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1289b32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.5.6</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.6.26</span>; [[ἡ ὁπλιτικὴ δύναμις]] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1321a18</span>.</span>